A building's structure is how a building is built. They way it looks or what makes the actual building. There are two kinds of structure, Physical and Perceptual. A physical structure is when you can actually SEE the structure. A few examples of physical structures is: Strength, Stiffness, Span space. These carry the building's loads. Then each spam, has different materials and types: Beam, Arch, Truss, Suspension Bridges, and Inflatable Membranes. Each beam can be made from different materials, Wood, Steel, RI Concrete, PT Concrete. Wood beams can cover as much as 15', Steel 30', so can RI Concrete, while PT Concrete can cover as much as 60'. So each beam has different uses and types of reasons why it's used. While Perceptual Structures are structures that can not be seen but rather felt. You have to actually touch the building to feel its structure.
La Casa Mila is a residential for the family, rentable flats, business, and commercial uses. What's so special about this building, is it's unique, shape. Instead of it's walls being smooth and straight, the walls on the outside are curved and rough, giving it a texture. The railings are made of sculpted iron, having an artistic view. The front doors are see through, there are iron "tentacles", with windows, through the holes. What I loved about La Casa Mila, is it's like a piece of art. The way the architect combined his architectural capabilities with his artistic ways, really made it stand out.
I like the pictures you provided to show the structure of a building and I also find your post very informative, which could help any one who doesn't know the difference in structures or who missed a day in class and they could get caught up reading your post. One thing though is that you were talking about structure like a class lecture and then you were talking about the documentary about La Casa Mila, talk about a subject in a post and another subject in another post. But overall, this is a very nice post.
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